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other companies, and the value OF such an
opportunity to an earnest student Ct drs-

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matte art can not be over esuuz'ea TIE
djsComfGrts and iucoryepiencaS G. .:.c. =
life ere certainly very great lusl.uoa
women especially, carefully Ia red an
accustomed TO good t0CG, l-eE,. .t..e
to cat it in, q comfortable bed and rc.uIsr
1our5 OF sleep, it seems unwise to al
tempt any such experiment But this
hard apprenticeship has been served bv
deliCste and refined girls and the end has
often justified the means. Florence
Gillette, who goes cut this season
as leading lady in Robert Men
tells company, gained much Of her es-l1
experience on the stage liz 2 small com
pany which tours the smslI towns O.
Pensylyanis,5 and makes known Romeo
and juliet, the Lady OF Lyons, Partlen:a,
Camille, FfOu FrOu. ard other standard
dramas 10 delighted audiences made up Of
| farmers Gnd miners. IN the course 81
Two years she IS said 10 ksye p.agej
about 100 different parts This was or
education in itself. And other aCtrssses
who are prominent sLd successful to-daV
p-0bs1.y secured their tX0e; ierce in
8 similar fashion Tle securing Of
81 engagement in q company Ike
this is naturally very easy for any one who
has any qualifications for the stage al 81.
| The salaries are so small and the exist
ence OF the company uasully so ulccr-
tain that the list Of applications iOr
places is COnhaed TO broken down PLAYERS
and amateurs who are sincerely DESTROYS
OF getting some experience in acting. B.
tween these two classes the TRAVELLING
manager prefers thesamateur every time.
In going into 6 company Of this kind the
novice may be fortunate in this way.
| These small companies OCc1s-
ionalIy produce new plays aud
more occasionally these PLAYS
make hits. In this lease the play sails
/ INFO New York, a data is secured witn0ue
any tTOu Die, and the novice finds himself
en- a metropolitan stage almost before he
| knows it. The dream Of his life is real
iced so suddenly that it still seems g
cream. But it also must be remembered
| that on entering 2 smslI company the be
| giDner always takes the casnce OF walk
| ing home, unless he keeps mis- railroad
! fare in his pocket The plan Of keeping
the amount Of the railroad fare deposited
| IL g convenient pocket is an exCeedingl
good one
/ There are several other ways OF getting
| on the stage, which might oe discussed
st considerable length. One Of the most
| Interesting aad more commonly practiceG
/ than is in al probability commonly sus-
ptc-ed is BY buying appearances. There
Gre actresses before the public t0-dsy
who paid Tor their first engagement pre-
c.s=iy SIS they paid for their dresses WHICH
! they wore during its continuance And
the ladies and gentlemen Who COME
forward every yeEr in London end New
/ York and rent Cheaters and buy plays
! il order inst they E&y disclose
their dramatic abilities TO The
pablo can be numbered by the
doz=N, an3 the stories of theil
appearances are many and interesting
TO those, however, who ere not ric1 il
this worlds goods, sad still yearn fol
the stage, It may be mentioned thet the
variety tneater Bas served az . school for
many OF the successful comedians Of the
day-FraGcis Wilson, MI Goodwin, Ey-
ans and HoeY, and g number Of others
| begun doing song and dance business OF
speCialties And almost any youth can
make this beginniHg, because almost cry
youth csn learn 10 sing and dance, anC
! eau secure an engagement 10 music
hall. II s. HEWITT.